In a message dated 96-08-19 22:59:37 EDT, Josh writes:

    Shampoo lowered her eyes in contrition.  "Aiya.  I sorry,
great-grandmother.  I know dangerous, but nothing else work.  No
mushrooms, no passion spice...  We try everything, and still
Ranma no leave violent pervert-girl, Akane."

    Cologne heaved a sigh of exasperation.  "I still don't see
why you don't just kill the girl and get on with it.  You've
given her the kiss of death, have you not?  Why are you so
reluctant to do this the simple way?  Why must we be reduced to
meddling with dark magics?"

<< Since when does Cologne defer to Shampoo?  This isn't how the two normally
 relate.  Cologne plans and orders, Shampoo does. 
  >>

Aha!  A perfect example of the story in my brain not fully making it onto the
paper.  <sigh>   Thanks for pointing that out.  When I go through and polish
it, I'll be sure to clarify that the spell was Cologne's idea -- a last ditch
attempt to snare Ranma since nothing else worked.  Once Shampoo was convinced
to go along with it, she took off and ran with the idea.  Cologne's comment
about being reduced to casting the blood spell was more a complaint about how
Shampoo had not followed through on any of the "kisses of death" she had
administered rather than a complaint about needing to cast the spell.  Um, am
I making sense here?  I didn't get much sleep last night, and I don't think
my synapseses (sp?) (synapses... synapsii??  You know, those brain signals??)
 are connecting properly.

Oh well.  Thanks for pointing that out any way.  I'll be sure to fix it when
I'm more coherent.  ^_^  If you find any other story glitches, let me know.

Krista